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Specifically, it investigates a previously unexplored ethical puzzle: while many regard the use of \u2018rapebots\u2019\u2014sex robots designed specifically for rape simulations\u2014as morally impermissible, the practice of consensual non-consent (CNC), i.e. consensual rape role-play between human partners, appears less troubling. Yet, both are instances of rape simulations where all individuals capable of granting or withholding consent\n                    <jats:italic>do<\/jats:italic>\n                    consent. Are rapebot use and CNC, therefore, morally equivalent? I argue that they are not. Although rapebot use and CNC share similar content, they differ structurally: the former involves a solitary individual enacting fantasies unilaterally, while the latter occurs within a relational framework, foregrounding consent, negotiation, and respect. To explain why this structural difference matters morally, I introduce the mechanism of\n                    <jats:italic>contextual negation by moral opposition<\/jats:italic>\n                    . This mechanism posits that simulations of wrongdoing can be morally mitigated when their context explicitly affirms the values the simulated act would violate. While this can apply to CNC, it necessarily fails for rapebot use. Therefore, although some cases of CNC are morally permissible, the use of rapebots is always impermissible. 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